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Airbus A340-600 (A340-642)

OS-3c6501Scrapped

RegistrationDED-AIHA

OperatorLufthansa

1operators

3incidents

0accidents

0logbook years

0photos

Airbus A340-600 (A340-642) built in 2003 in Toulouse. Operated for Lufthansa. Scrapped.

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Young · 14 years · ≈ 53,200 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

Engines4×

PropulsionJet

Seats279 (C30 · W28 · Y221)

First flight2003

Built inToulouse, Francia

Country of registrationAlemania

OwnerLufthansa

MSN482

Hex / ICAO 24-bit3c6501

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A340

Figures for the A340-300 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 61% the length of a football pitch

Length63.7 m209 ft

Wingspan60.3 m198 ft

Height16.9 m55 ft

Range13,705 km7,400 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed871 km/h470 ktMach 0.82

Service ceiling12,634 m41,450 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight276,500 kg609,577 lb

Maximum payload146,300 kg322,536 lbIts 295 passengers with baggage would weigh about 29.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity295 passengersUp to 440 in a high-density layout

Endurance15 h 44 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 13,705 km range, from Frankfurt am Main it could fly non-stop as far as:

SCLSantiago12,100 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)11,501 kmLIMLima10,724 km SINSingapore10,280 km GRUSão Paulo9,796 km

Beyond its rangeSYDSydney (Mascot)16,498 km

The type first flew in 1991 (35 years ago) · About 380 units built · Production ended in 2011

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Seating layout

30Business

28Premium

221Economy

279 seats in total

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

2003–2017Lufthansa network of its widebody aircraft

Base

FRAFrankfurt am Main

Main destinations

MUCMunich BRUZaventem LHRLondon EWRNewark YYZToronto YULMontréal IADDulles ORDChicago CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)AMSAmsterdam BKKBangkok

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

2003

Built

Assembled by Airbus in Toulouse, France.

Aug 8, 2003

Delivered to Airbus Industrie

Delivered to Airbus Industrie as F-WWCS.

Dec 23, 2003

Transferred to Lufthansa

Transferred to Lufthansa.

Mar 15, 2011

Incident at Munich

On March 15, 2011, the Airbus A340 642 aircraft (registration D-AIHA), operated by Lufthansa, was involved in an incident at Munich. Source: Lufthansa.

Source: Lufthansa

Aug 8, 2012

Incident

On August 8, 2012, the Airbus A340 642 aircraft (registration D-AIHA), operated by Lufthansa, was involved in an incident. Source: the BFU (Germany).

Source: BFU

Nov 20, 2017

Incident at Chicago

On November 20, 2017, the Airbus A340 642 aircraft (registration D-AIHA), operated by Lufthansa, was involved in an incident at Chicago. Source: Lufthansa.

Source: Lufthansa

Operators

2003-08-08

Airbus Industrie

Registration F-WWCS · Lessor: Toulouse

2003-12-23

Lufthansa

Registration D-AIHA

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Lufthansa

Registration D-AIHA · Lessor: Lufthansa

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Airbus A340-600 (A340-642) · D-AIHA · Lufthansa}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/OS-3c6501}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
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Wikipedia

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